Garment hanger



Jan. 8, 1924. 1,480,065

E. J. HART ET AL GARMENT HANGER I Filed April 1'7. 1922 Patented Jan. 8,1924.

UhiiiED STATES tenets PATENT overca- ELBRIDGE J'. HART AND DEANE L.HART, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

GARMENT HANGER.

Application filed April 17, 1922.

To all 'NilOfit it may concern Be it known that ELBRIDGE J. HART andDrama L. HART, citizens of the United States, residing at Cleveland, inthe county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in a Garment Hanger, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention consists of a clamping holder or hanger for trousers andother garments, the object being to provide a simple and inexpensivefoldable device adapted to be readily fastened upon a vertical wall orthe door of a closet to permit a pair of trousers to be suspendedtherefrom when the device is unfolded. The device is also particularlyconstructed to permit its folding elements to be folded in an uprightposition flat against the Wall when not in use, and to permit a pair oftrousers to be introduced very readily and to be tightly clamped thereinand firmly held by the weight of the trousers when the parts are loweredinto bracing relation at the front of the wall. However, the parts areso iuovably related that a relatively light pressure properly appliedwill unclamp the trousers and permit their instant release, all as willhereinafter appear from the detailed description of the device.

Thus, in the annexed drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the holderor hanger lowered into a braced and clamping position and without a pairof trousers therein. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the device, partly insection, with the parts in the same position as illustrated in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section, showing the device mounted upon awall and a pair of trousers clamped within and suspended from thedevice, the dotted lines showing the foldable parts in a raisedposition. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a modified form of theinvention.

Inasmuch as the device is designed to be fastened to a vertical wall ordoor, a base part 2 is provided which may be a flat board or'frame ofwood or metal. This base part may be solid and plain or open andornamental, but preferably the front surface is solid and plain topermit advertising matter to be printed thereon or applied thereto.There a wood board is used the thickness of the board suffices toprovide vertical end faces 3 adapted to receive separate pivot screws orpins 4 and 5 near Serial No. 553,905.

the upper and lower corners, respectively, The upper screws H support abail or loop 6 in a swinging position at the front side of base part 2,and in Fig. 1 this bail or loop is made of a relatively heavy wire bentat two places to provide straight parallel arms 7 having eyes 8 throughwhich the screws 4 are adapted to pass and provide pivots for the bail.The arms 7 extend through transverse openings 9 in a bar 10 which may bea round straight piece of wood having curved extremities 11.

Annular grooves 11 may also be formed in bar 10 adjacent openings 9 topermit folding braces 12 to be rotatably connected at these places, andas shown in Fig. 1 these braces are made of wire bent with a relativelylarge round eye 13 to fit the grooved portion of the bar, while theopposite end of each wire brace is formed with a smaller eye 14 toprovide a swivel or pivot connection with the lower screw 5 in the endof the base. The relative length of arms 7 and folding braces 12 is suchthat the bar and the straight clamping portion of the bail will cometogether when the arms and braces are unfolded and the braces 12 areplaced in a forwardly inclined posi tion at the front of the base part2, and when the parts are raised or folded the braces and arms willextend upwardly on substantially parallel lines and carry bar 10 againstthe wall above the base part 2 as shown in dotted? lines of Fig. 3. The

frictional engagement of arms 7 with bar 10 and the nearly dead centerrelationship of the arms and braces when raised to a vertical positionwill hold the parts in that folded position against the wall.Consequently the device when folded up against a wall or door will notencroach or 0bstruct the passage or space where mounted, as in asmallcloset or other crowded place where clothing is usually stored. Onthe other hand when the device is lowered or unfolded the bar is carriedforward a substantial distance away from the Wall and is braced firmlyso that heavy garments may be supported thereon apart from the wall.Thus, one or more pair of trousers may be firmly clamped between thestraight bar and the middle portion of the bail or wire loop, and a vestand coat may be draped over the bar. Skirts and dresses may also besupported and suspended in the same way, the weight of the garments effeeting self-clamping and a rigid bracing of the parts.

In Fig. at a modified form of the device is shown, comprising a basepart or wall plate 2, a wire bail or loop 6 hinged to the base, and apair of flat braces 12v pivotally connected at their lower ends to thebase and carrying at theiry-upper endsya round clamping rod or bar 10'between the arms 7' of the bail-or loop. This bar has a notch or recess14 at its frontside cen trally between its ends to accommodate the thickseam of a pair of trousers when clamped-therein, and screw eyes '15 areemployed at each end of the bar to unite the bar to the braces and thebail arms. In folding;- movements the arms of the bail slide through'th'escrew eyes 15 which are free to turn in the braces, and when foldedthe bail and'braces stand upright and parallel with 'thevertical faceofthe base. This device is made relatively small for use as a trousershanger, the length of the bar being. approximately the same as theflattened leg; end of the average size trouser.

The connections between the" folding 1 ,asopca otally connected withsaid plate, a clamping bar slidably connected with said arms parallelwith the middle portion of the bail, and braces pivotally connected withsaid bar and also said base plate adapting the parts to be folded andunfolded.

2. A garment hanger, comprising a base plate, a wire bail having armshinged to said plate, a bar slidably connected at its opposite ends withsaid arms, and vertically inclined braces pivoted to said base and alsorotatably connected with said bar.

3. 'rrgarment hanger, comprising a base plate, a: wire bail having armspivotally connected with and extending horizontally from said baseplate, a clamping bar slid ably connected to said bail, inclined bracesrotatably connected with the opposite ends of said bar and pivotallyengaged at their lower ends with said plate.

a. A garment hanger, comprising a base plate, a wire bail having armsprovided with terminal; eyes in. pivot connection with said plate, a rodhaving openings adapted to receive said arms and-provided with annulargrooves adjacentflsaid openings, and wire braces having" round eyesencircling said rods at said grooves and provided with terminal eyes inpivot connection with said plate.

Signed at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, this15th day of April, 1922.

ELBRIDGE J. HART. DEANE L. HART.

